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Provided that when in the opinion of the Administration it is impracticable 

 or unreasonable to place on a ship engaged on short international voyages the 

 number of sets of davits required by Column A of the Table in Regulation 28, 

 the Administration may authorise, under exceptional conditions, a smaller 

 number of davits, except that this number shall never be less than the minimum 

 number fixed by Column B of the Table, and that the total capacity of the 

 lifeboats on the ship will be at least equal to the minimum capacity required 

 by Column C or the capacity required to provide for all persons on board if 

 this is less. 



(ii) If the lifeboats so provided are not sufficient to accommodate all 

 on board, additional lifeboats under davits or liferafts shall be provided so 

 that the accommodation provided in the lifeboats and the liferafts in the ship 

 shall be sufficient for all on board. 



(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraph (c) (ii) in any 

 ship engaged on short international voyages the number of persons carried 

 shall not exceed the total capacity of the lifeboats provided in accordance with 

 sub-paragraphs (c)(i) and (c)(ii) of this Regulation unless the Administration 

 considers that this is necessitated by the volume of traffic and then only if the 

 ship complies with the provisions of paragraph (d) of Regulation 1 of 

 Chapter II. 



(iv) Where under the provisions of sub-paragraph (c)(iii) the Admini- 

 stration has permitted the carriage of persons in excess of the lifeboat capacity 

 and is satisfied that it is impracticable in that ship to stow the liferafts carried 

 in accordance with sub-paragraph (c)(ii) it may permit a reduction in the 

 number of lifeboats. 



Provided that; 



(1) the number of lifeboats shall, in the case of ships of 190 feet (or 58 



metres) in length and over, never be less than four, two of which 

 shall be carried on each side of the ship, and in the case of ships 

 of less than 190 feet (or 58 metres) in length, shall never be less 

 than two, one of which shall be carried on each side of the ship; and 



(2) the number of lifeboats and hferafts shall always be sufficient to 



accommodate the total number of persons on board. 



(v) Every passenger ship engaged on short international voyages shall 

 carry in addition to the lifeboats and liferafts required by the provisions of 

 this paragraph, liferafts sufficient to accommodate 10 per cent, of the total 

 number of persons for whom there is accommodation in the lifeboats carried 

 in that ship. 



(vi) Every passenger ship engaged on short international voyages shall 

 also carry buoyant apparatus for at least 5 per cent, of the total number of 

 persons on board. 



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